Old Bill: Ole Man Rogan nuse to sell nigger in slavery time.
Dat's wey he nuse to fishin', and every time he come for res'
he come to Boggy Gut. Ole Man Rogan a man wid curious
ways. He ain't beat a nigger much, and he guin him plenty to
eat, and he bring 'em here in drove and he have 'em chained
together, but he have curious ways and he ain't have but one
pleasure,--settin' fishin'. He always buy ooman wid chillun,
and ooman wid husband, and ain't nobody can buy from Ole
Man Rogan mother and chile or man and ooman. He great
pleasure been to part. He always love to take er baby away
from he ma and sell it, and take he ma somewhere else and
sell her, and ain't luh 'em see one another again. He love to
part a man and he ooman, sell de man one place and sell de
ooman another, and dat look like all Ole Man Rogan live for,
and when he ain't 'casion 'stress dat er way, he been onrestless. He love to see a man wid he head bowed down in 'stress,
and he love to see chillun holdin' out dey arms cryin' for dey
mother, and he always looked satisfied when he see tear runnin' down de face of er ooman when she weepin' for her chile.

And Ole Man Rogan die on Boggy Gut, and ever since den
he sperrit wander and wander from Boggy Gut to de river and
wander 'cross de big swamps to Congaree. Whether it be God
or whether it be devil, de sperrit of Ole Man Rogan ain't got no
res'. Some time in de night ef you'll set on Boggy Gut, you'll

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